President s out side Advisory Councils now collapsing in addition to the two that were suspended earlier this week. Here is statement from a white house official saying the president has announced the end of the infrastructure which was still being formed will not move forward. Scott, the president just signed the executive order creating that outside Infrastructure Panel on july 20th they were still in the process of getting it all together and now they are not going to do that knit moanymore. They pugglled the plug. So much speculation about gary cohn and his future role in this white house. The white house put out two statements this morning about gary cohn suggesting that he was in fact going to stay despite rumors that he was frustrated and unhappy with the way the president had handled the racist violence in charlottesville. Here is the statement most recent from the white house there about 11 00 hour this morning. The white house saying nothing has changed. Gary is focused on hi
Now the investigation into what happened. Terror cell in spain. New arrests tied to the attacks in barcelona and cambrils. Police looking for at least one man who may have been the driver of the van that barrelled through barcelona killing and injuring scores. This as we learn more about the california man who was killed as he celebrated his first wedding anniversary. All that, plus boston prepares for tens of thousands who are expected at a socalled free speech rally. A Seattle Seahawks player gets support from a teammate after he chooses to sit during the National Anthem. Ive got a blank space and taylor swift goes dark. The singers social media account a blank space with rumors flying that she might be ready to drop a new album today, saturday, august 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin. Im sheinelle jones. Dylan dreyer is here, as well. Good morning to you. Good morning. Th
Clear during tuesdays explosive press conference. President trump mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. I went through 17 senators and governors and i won all the primaries. Mr. Bannon came on much later than that. He was one of the first step members hired and played a key role in the controversial travel ban. Inauguration, he described himself as part of a new political order. If you think they are going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. Every day, it is going to be a fight. His prior work at breitbart rod made him a lightning for criticism. President trump it will be a great wall. In 2015, bannon interviewed mr. Trump about immigration and described himself as having more hardline views. Unafraid to feud with other white house officials, particularly the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner, gary cohn, and h. R. Mcmaster. Just this week, bannon seemed to undermine Trump Administration Foreign Policy when he said an interview there is no mil
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Talks about israels foreign policy. Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland met with three senators today, including susan collins, one of a few republicans to call for confirmation meetings. After the meeting, senator collins spoke to capitol hill reporters. You are still here. Im shocked. Does this mean you want me here . Okay. I have just concluded a more than hour long meeting with judge garland. It was an excellent meeting that allowed us to explore many of the issues that i would raise with any nominee to the Supreme Court as well as some of the criticisms that have been levied against him. The meeting left me more convinced than ever that the process should proceed. The next step, in my view, should be public hearings. But for the judiciareudiciary c so the issues we explored in my office can be publically aired. And so that senators can have a better opportunity to flesh out all of the issues that we discussed. I would be glad to take any questions anyone might have. Are you goin